Max Schwager - Page 14

CoHo Productions presents Hard Times, adapted by Stephen Jeffreys from the novel by Charles Dickens, from May 11 - June 2, 2012.

Eccentronic present their first 'mainstream musical' - featuring eccentric, electronic, enthralling songs about time-wasting, socks and visiting the Welsh town of Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch.

New Vision Players, Inc, an up-and-coming theater production company located in Paramus, New Jersey, will be producing the Broadway hit NEXT TO NORMAL at the end of this month. NEXT TO NORMAL will serve as the New Vision Players' inaugural performance.

Hell in a Handbag Productions has announced a special benefit performance of their Jeff-Recommended musical comedy, Sexy Baby, a behind the scenes look of the fascinatingly addictive world of child beauty pageants, set for June 6th.

Beck Center for the Arts and Connect to Beck (C2B) are hosting the first annual Bike for Beck tour Saturday, May 19, 2012. Cyclists of all ages are invited to participate. The bike tour begins at 9:00 a.m. at the Beck Center, located at 17801 Detroit Avenue in Lakewood, and continues through the Metroparks. Bike for Beck is followed by an afternoon of arts and entertainment on the Beck Center campus. Proceeds from this fundraising event benefit Beck Center's arts education programs.

Burning Coal Theatre Company has just announced its new season of plays for the coming 2012/2013 season including BRIGADOON and RUINED.

L!VE Asbury Park has announced its upcoming production of Hedwig and the Angry Inch. Chris Hall (Hedwig) and Kendal Hartse (Yitzhak) have signed on as the leads along side musicians Michael Thomas Murray, Mike Preen and Steve Kelly. Hedwig will run June 21, 22 and 23rd for five live performances at The Press Room, located at 610 Bangs Avenue in downtown Asbury Park.

Kerlik Productions presents Willy Wonka The Musical from May 12 - June 3 on Saturdays & Sundays @ 2 PM.

As part of the Partners in Preservation grant contest that has taken over New York City, Louis Armstrong House Museum had almost 1,000 people attend its Garden Party this past weekend on May 5 & 6. LAHM also hosted a student photo that included a 5' 6' Louis Armstrong cutout of the Jazz legend in the Quad on the Queens College campus.

The Scooty & JoJo Show returns to Metro on June 1, 2012 with the concert Space Invasion. Expanding last year's Alien-meets-Queen-meets-Battlestar Fantastica spectacles with Chicago's newest choir and an inter-species dance party, Space Invasion is a celebration of sci-fi cinema and space rock.

A Streetcar Named Desire, directed by Tampa Rep Artistic Director C. David Frankel, opens on June 7th, the first anniversary of the company's incorporation, and plays to June 24th.

Aporia Theater has announced the limited engagement of WOYZECK, a new adaptation by Artistic Director Sarah Elizabeth Wansley with original music by David Marenberg. Preview is May 17; Opening is May 18.

Hart House Theatre, the University of Toronto's Performing Arts Leader Since 1919, has announced its 2012/2013 season. This season's line-up is a diverse mix of classical and contemporary work as Hart House Theatre presents the first major success of a prolific playwright, a controversial one-woman show that has stirred passions across the globe, the Bard's greatest love story, an original musical co-written by our own artistic director and a critically acclaimed play that has opened the hearts and minds of audiences since its first staging.

The Manatee Players have announced their annual Volunteer Awards for 2012.

As one of the oldest performing arts organization in Palm Beach County, The Lake Worth Playhouse has announced a summer full of programming including HAIRSPRAY, FAME JR., WIZARD OF OZ, and more.

FatMouth Improv will pursue the answer all of America wants to know on Saturday May 19th at the Common Ground Theatre, Durham at 8 p.m. with special guest Ken Wolpert & Musical Accompanist Glenn Mehrbach.

Opening on October 16, 2012, Daniel Brush's Blue Steel Gold Light will comprise examples of his large-scale paintings, his earliest gold-granulated jewels and objects, a selection of his most significant steel and gold tablet and wall sculptures, along with his witty magnetic adornments made from plastic, aluminum, steel and precious gems. The exhibition will remain on view until February 17, 2013.

The Chicago Park District's Theater on the Lake: The Chicago Summer Theater Festival turns 60 this year and is proud to announce the eight artistically diverse Chicago theater companies that will receive encore presentations from June 13 - Aug. 5, 2012. Each production will be performed for five evenings only at the theater at Fullerton Avenue and Lake Shore Drive.

Yoshi's Jazz Club on Fillmore Street announced upcoming performances at the San Francisco venue.

The Puppetmaster of Lodz by Gilles Segal, translated by Sara O'Connor and directed by Brian Roff will begin Berkshire Theatre Group's Theatre Festival season at The Unicorn Theatre, 6 East St. in Stockbridge on June 21 with an official press opening on June 23.